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Well the Kevlar copy is legal, and ready for water. Spar varnished and licensed. I'm excited about trying out my new seat...

The short answer is “yes” and “definitely makes sense but I don’t think that is what I did”. The long answer: I did this over a year...

Some have epoxied small blocks to this type of gunnel to give extra width at the thwart and seat points - I’ve done this for bare wood...

I should also mention that once on the boat, I put a layer of fibreglass cloth over the top of the gunnels before filling the weave, in...

I’ve had good results using a cedar “uniwale” as stripperguy described, but with 8 oz carbon fiber sleeve. Probably not as light as a...

I’ve built this canoe, but not the hard-chined version. I would guess that you can do it by extending a little past the chine as you...

FYI - a cool story on the Canadian Canoe Museum’s move to a new home...